LifePoint Church - lifepoint cy.org - o ce lifepoint cy.org ANNUAL REPORT

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1 LifePoint Church - lifepoint cy.org - o ce lifepoint cy.org ANNUAL REPORT 2016

2 LIVES CHANGED Baptisms, Generosity, Service and Mission FAITH STRENGTHENED Sermon Series, LifeGroups, LifePoint Kids and Student Ministries ON MISSION Attendance, Local and Global Partnerships FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP Letter from Pastor Chris, 2016 Financials, Trends and 2017 Elder Approved Budget Annual Report 1

3 Here at LifePoint, we re about just one thing: leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus. This mission seems simple enough, but something profound happens as we live this mission out. Lives are changed. Families are strengthened. Neighborhoods become filled with hope. In short, we see our city transformed: a city where no one is invisible, no one is beyond hope, no one is forgotten. This isn t a work that we can do by our own power, this is the work of Jesus. While there is still so much to be done, this annual report is a chance to celebrate God s faithfulness towards this mission. In 2016, we saw people taking all sorts of next steps in a growing relationship with Jesus. We re excited to share some of these stories in the report that follows. I m so excited and so thankful to be a part of a community serious about seeking Jesus and serving on His mission together! For Jesus & His Mission Brett 2 Annual Report

4 LIVES ARE CHANGED There s nothing so exciting as seeing people taking next steps in their growing relationship with Jesus. Each of these steps represent a work of God in someone s life and that s something we want to celebrate! Annual Report 3

5 Rock bottom is an ugly place... I was depressed... I was hiding... I was functioning, but not really living......i was drinking so heavily that I m suprised I m still alive. I was there, but I wasn t present. I was hurting everybody. GOD PULLED ME OUT OF THAT. I didn t want to go. I was afraid, but I was filled with a peace that I was gonna make it through this. That s not just self talk. That was God talking to me, in a very real, and a very tangible way. I wasn t going to make promises. I was just going to constantly call out to him for help. We have a God who is relentless in His pursuit of us....and our souls long for that. JESUS HAS GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK, but not like it was... it s better! I get to be a mom and Aden gets to have a mom. 4 Annual Report Watch Shelley s full story at

6 BAPTISMS Annual Report 5

7 People who sacrifice and serve so that others experience the good news of Jesus! Who give. We gave $592,659 towards the Jesus mission in Quincy and around the world. Yes! This generosity reflects God's heart and mission in the world. God showed me that I could be used in spite of myself, and He can use me in greater ways than I thought were possible. - Claire Miller 6 Annual ReportThank You!

8 FAITH STRENGTHENED Our mission is simple: leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus. This is not a one-time commitment. Every ministry at LifePoint is about equipping people for an ever-growing faith. Annual Report 7

9 JANUARY JANUARY - FEBRUARY FEBRUARY - MARCH MARCH APRIL - MAY MAY MAY - AUGUST AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 8 Annual Report SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER OCTOBER - NOVEMBER NOVEMBER - DECEMBER DECEMBER

10 LIFEGROUPS PARTICIPATION LifeGroups are at the heart of what it looks like to grow in Jesus, serve one another and love the world! NEW GROUPS We added 3 new Life- Groups in 2016! NEW MEMBERS We added 27 new group members in 2016! Annual Report 9

11 AVG. 75 KIDS WEEKLY 40 VOLUNTEERS With over 70 kids each week, there's never a dull moment in LifePoint Kids! Our volunteer team enjoyed walking alongside our kids as they've grown and learned! We also enjoyed hosting several fun events that provided great opportunities for people to get to know one another. Some of those events included: Family Camp, a Pajama Party, Scottie s and Going Bonkers! 10 Annual Report

12 LIFEPOINT STUDENTS This has been an amazing year in student ministries. Our students are growing in faith, active in learning to follow Jesus and to join Him on His mission in Quincy and around the world. Here are just a few of the highlights from 2016: EVENTS LIFE CHANGE ON MISSION Student Ministries began meeting weekly in 2016, providing more opportunities for students to grow in their relationship with Jesus. An average of 15 students are regularly involved. Students are also growing with God and one another through special events like our FOCUS retreat, summer camp out, and much more! More students are moving towards a growing relationship with Jesus. Greg was a student who had stepped away from church in the past. Church was not a safe place for him to ask questions or learn about following Jesus. After visiting with a friend, Greg has become a regular at Student Ministries. He is learning how to connect to God, and taking first steps towards following Jesus. 75% of our students are serving at LifePoint and in our community! Our students are learning to engage in the mission of the church. Annual Report 11

13 12 Annual Report ON MISSION WITH JESUS To follow Jesus means to join Him in His work in Quincy and around the world. The mission of the church can t be reduced to a program. Everything we do is about the mission of Jesus!

14 LIFEPOINT ON MISSION 444 ON EASTER 411 ON CHRISTMAS EVE YEARLY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE Annual Report 13

15 LOCAL We continued to serve alongside our ministry partners at Horizons Social Services. In 2016, we continued our monthly financial support of Horizons ($1,000/month). We began organizing a regular team of volunteers to serve shoulder-to-shoulder with the Horizons staff. Whether you can serve food, wash dishes, or be a friend to someone in need, come serve with us on the first Thursday of every month. We were also deeply involved in Horizons Empty Bowls campaign in 2016, providing event volunteers and a raffle basket. LifePoint, through our partnership with Horizons, you ve been a part of helping provide an estimated 33,000 hot meals and 9,000 pantry trips in 2016! Our 2016 Love Does campaign single out Horizons for above and beyond care and support: we collected four shopping carts of canned goods and non-perishable foods; LifePoint Kids collected nearly 100 additional canned proteins; LifePoint Student Ministries put together two service days at Horizons; our staff teams crashed a Horizons staff meeting, bringing prayers, encouragement, and bagels; additional volunteers participated in the Horizons feeding program, plus a group of volunteers helped move Horizons to their new location on S. 8th Street, and additional volunteers helped put together their kick-off pancake breakfast! 14 Annual Report

16 GLOBAL Guatemala 2016 For a week in June, nine students and four youth leaders traveled down to San Pedro Las Huertas, Guatemala to serve alongside Buena Vista Ministerios. Their time was spent assisting in feeding centers, sharing the love of Christ during home visits, and spending time at a preschool adjacent to the Guatemala City dump. They had the privilege of taking some of the children from that preschool to the local zoo for a day and watch those children light up at this rare opportunity. For many of the students, their walk with Christ has become more intimate since their return and their eyes have been opened to a global God and His presence in distant places. India 2016 In November, a 3 person team traveled to spend time with our missions partners in Kolkata, India and spend time with our full-time cross-cultural missionary working there. They were able to visit the Airport School and its 350 students. LifePoint has sponsored the Airport School for the last three years and we continue to see the good news of Jesus proclaimed there. Feeding programs, the boys home and Bible school, and different churches were all visited. Throughout this trip, stories were collected, pictures and videos were captured, in hopes to share how God is working in India with LifePoint in the coming year. Annual Report 15

17 FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP OUR TOP SERVICES We are a church that makes a difference and gives ourselves away. We get to do this because of people like you who generously invest in this incredible mission. Thank you. Your giving directly changes lives for eternity. 16 Annual Report

18 I want to begin by saying thank you. Thank you for all that you have contributed to the mission of LifePoint in It was an incredible year for us financially. Two years ago the elders made the strategic decision to earmark $150,000 in an effort to staff our church ahead of the growth that we felt God was going to provide. As of December of 2016, not only are we fully staffed, but we have made up that $150,000 financial decision and ended 2016 in the positive. The fact that this was accomplished during a huge transitional year at LifePoint, only points to God s faithfulness in our journey together. We rest in that faithfulness as we continue to look for our next church home. Our building fund holds $1,059,638 and continues to climb as many of you are still contributing to our future. Thank you so much! I m excited to see what God can do through you as we hopefully move toward a capital campaign this next year to raise money for our next building. We ended the year with $266,151 in our general checking account, poised to move forward with ministry here in Quincy and beyond. As we look to 2017, our elders have approved a budget smaller than 2016 in an effort to continue to steward our resources in a responsible way. We place a high value on stewardship and transparency when it comes to LifePoint s finances and if at anytime you would like to discuss our budget or our financial process and health, please don t hesitate to reach out to me. It s an honor to serve as one of your pastors and I can t wait to see what God has in store for us in the days ahead. - Chris Annual Report 17

19 A TOTAL EXPENDITURES EXPENSES $572, GIFTS/INCOME $592,659 Staffing: 54% Operations: 25% Minstry/Events: 12% Missions: 9% 18 Annual Report $700,000 $600,000 $500,000 $400,000 $300,000 $200,000 $100, YEARLY ANNUAL GIVING $330,455 $404,346 $463,279 $602,872 $592,654

20 A ELDER APPROVED BUDGET $564,471 CASH ON HAND $266, PROPOSED BUDGET 25+ Staffing: 59% Operations: 23% Minstry/Events: 8% Missions: 10% BUILDING FUND BALANCE $1,059,638 Annual Report 19

21 IT HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR! 2016 has been a year of change here at LifePoint. Most importantly, we ve seen lives changed by Jesus: people coming to know and follow Jesus for the first time, people coming back to church after being away, people growing in their faith! God is at work among us and through us. This has been a year of change for our staff. Danny McManus and Kourtney Price joined the staff team in Brett Sanner became our lead pastor, as Bill Barker transitioned to a role at Gordon College. Through all this transition, LifePoint has continued to move forward in its mission of leading people in a growing relationship with Jesus! In 2017, LifePoint will celebrate its 10th anniversary! What a journey this has been. And we re just as excited as we think about what s next. We continue to prayerfully and actively seek God for our next church home. We re convinced that a property will allow us to better serve our mission. We thank God that He has opened and shut doors in this search just as we have prayed that He would. We continue to pray that He will lead the way, and that we will have the patience to listen. Join us in prayer: for our church, for our mission, and for our building search. We can t wait to see what God has in store for the next ten. 20 Annual Report From Your Elders - Tom Beck, Mark Geissler, Tim Koontz, Steve Rosen, Brett Sanner, Randy Shover, and Chris Woodard

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